HCPCS codes / U / U0005
U0005
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either hcpcs code u0003 or u0004) as described by cms-2020-01-r2
- Code type
- HCPCS Level II
- Coverage
- Carrier judgment
- BETOS category
- T1H
- Pricing indicator
- 22
- Effective date
- 20230512
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